Leaf of a gradual

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0209

General Information

Title Leaf of a gradual
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0209
Page/Folio Reference lviii
Material Parchment
Script, Hands

Southern Textualis in brown ink with red rubrics. 

General Remarks

Library catalog misidentifies this as an antiphonary. 

Original Condition

Page Height at least 420 mm
Page Width at least 292 mm
Height of Written Area at least 295 mm
Width of Written Area at least 185 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 6
Numbering

foliation in red ink on right margin of recto. 

Modern 380 in red pencil in lower right corner of verso (underneath McGill's shelf-mark anotation). 

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 420 x 292 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

From McGill's Long description: "Initials in red ink, surrounded by and, also, containing, curvilinear and rectilinear elements of pattern, in blue, mostly bars, single, double or triple, and cusps covered with faded gold."

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation in brown ink on a red four line staff. 

  • Bibliography

    • Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 209". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018, 28-29.